One thing that I love about country music, probably more so than any other culture – maybe the blues rivals it – there are so many American folk heroes. There’s the Coal Miner’s Daughter, the Man in Black, the Red-Headed Stranger, and on and on. Marty Stuart Read Quote
From the first time I played with Lester Flatt, I sensed an extreme amount of history around me. Marty Stuart Read Quote
After people work hard and cope with the pressures of life throughout the week, going out to a show or tuning in to watch some characters in cowboy clothes, singing and playing songs about real life is something I relate to. Marty Stuart Read Quote
When times are good, we have tunes to dance to; when times are tough, we’re supposed to talk about it. That’s country music. Marty Stuart Read Quote
I’m always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference. Marty Stuart Read Quote
Hillbilly Rock’ was the song that opened the door and gave me a reason to get a bus and a band and cowboy clothes to go out there and figure it out in front of everybody. And the hits started coming. Marty Stuart Read Quote
There wasn’t really a lot of difference from a Mississippi perspective between what Elvis did on ‘Mystery Train’ or ‘Milkcow Blues’ or what Bill Monroe was playing or what Flatt and Scruggs was playing; it was rock ‘n’ roll to me. Marty Stuart Read Quote
Growing up in the Sixties, whether it was the Batmobile or the costumes Porter Wagoner wore or the music that came from there, California was the home of what a friend of mine calls ‘custom culture.’ It seemed like the promised land. Marty Stuart Read Quote
